The Japanese Grill Swordfish Steaks

Phil's friend and colleague (and now my friend) Joe came over to help me eat and to take a look at getting the observatory back on line. One of two endeavors was successful, and we'll keep trying on the observatory.

I am forging ahead with The Japanese Grill recipe testing project, so made a marinated swordfish steak. It is a simple marinade, nicely balanced in flavor, and worked really well with the fish. They called for me to grill at a higher heat than I normally used for fish; the result, though, was still nice and moist. Joe is vegetarian, and I used the same marinade and methods to do some portobello mushrooms for her. She really liked them.

It was a lot of fun. It made me happy being ribbed for taking pictures of everything, and the end result was a congenial evening with someone who likes to cook, agrees that Phil was an absolutely fabulous guy, and doesn't mind fussing about for a bit trying to make software talk to the telescope and mount.

I'm so grateful for friends and food.